CN113760169A

CN113760169A - Control method and control device

Info

Publication number: CN113760169A
Application number: CN202111050292.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 蔡树会; 陈金山
Original assignee: Lenovo Beijing Ltd
Current assignee: Lenovo Beijing Ltd
Priority date: 2021-09-08
Filing date: 2021-09-08
Publication date: 2021-12-07

Abstract

The application discloses a control method and a control device, wherein the control method comprises the following steps: obtaining a selection instruction of a display area for responding to preset input, wherein the display area is a split screen area of the electronic equipment in a split screen mode; determining a selected target display area; and at least controlling the target display area to output the content to be displayed generated by the preset input acting on the electronic equipment. According to the control method, the selection instruction capable of representing the selection of the user in the plurality of display areas can be obtained when the electronic equipment is in the split screen mode, so that the operation of the user can be responded by effectively utilizing one or more display areas, the display of the plurality of display areas is controlled in a more flexible mode, more corresponding functions are provided for the user, and the whole display screen is effectively utilized.

Description

Control method and control device

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of intelligent interactive applications of electronic devices, and in particular, to a control method and a control device.

Background

For an electronic device having a display screen, in many cases, a user needs to perform a split operation on the display screen, such as splitting the display screen into a first split screen and a second split screen. However, after the split screens are displayed, due to the limitation of technical parameters, such as the change of resolution, the user can only manipulate one of the split screens, but cannot manipulate the other split screens. For example, only the first display area corresponding to the first sub-screen can be touch-controlled, but not the second display area corresponding to the second sub-screen. This limits the user's operation on each sub-screen, and the entire display screen (especially touch screen) cannot be effectively utilized, resulting in poor user experience.

Disclosure of Invention

The control method of the embodiment of the application comprises the following steps:

obtaining a selection instruction of a display area for responding to preset input, wherein the display area is a split screen area of the electronic equipment in a split screen mode;

determining a selected target display area;

and at least controlling the target display area to output the content to be displayed generated by the preset input acting on the electronic equipment.

Optionally, the obtaining of the selection instruction of the display area for responding to the preset input includes:

obtaining description information of the display area, wherein the description information is used as the selection instruction; or the like, or, alternatively,

obtaining operation information of the display area, and taking the operation information as the selection instruction; or the like, or, alternatively,

obtaining the position relation between the electronic equipment and a target object, and generating the selection instruction based on the position relation; or the like, or, alternatively,

and if the first preset event is monitored, generating the selection instruction.

Optionally, the determining the selected target display area includes:

determining the target display area based on the description information, wherein the description information at least comprises area identification information and/or area position information; or the like, or, alternatively,

determining the target display area at least based on the operation information, wherein the operation information comprises at least one of operation positions, operation tracks, operation trends and operation parameters; or the like, or, alternatively,

determining the target display area based on the position relationship; or the like, or, alternatively,

and determining the target display area based on the first preset event.

Optionally, the controlling at least the target display area to output the content to be displayed, which is generated by a preset input acting on the electronic device, includes:

and conducting a signal path corresponding to the target display area by using a display controller of the electronic equipment so that the target display area can respond to the preset input and output corresponding contents to be displayed.

Optionally, wherein the method further comprises:

obtaining input component information of the electronic equipment, and configuring a corresponding target input component for the target display area at least based on the input component information; or the like, or, alternatively,

and acquiring input component information of the electronic equipment and operation information of the electronic equipment, and configuring a corresponding target input component for the target display area based on the input component information and the operation information.

and if the input of at least two content sources is detected, determining a target display area based on display identification information corresponding to a target content source in the at least two content sources so as to control the target display area to output target content corresponding to the target content source and/or operation data of the target content source.

Optionally, wherein the method further comprises:

and updating the target display area in response to a second preset event, wherein the second preset event at least relates to the use information of the electronic equipment.

Optionally, wherein, in response to a second preset event, updating the target display area includes:

if the switching operation for switching the target display area is obtained, updating the display area acted by the switching operation into the target display area; or the like, or, alternatively,

if the content source information input to the electronic equipment is detected to be changed, updating the target display area based on the change information of the content source information; or the like, or, alternatively,

if the position relation between the electronic equipment and the target object is detected to be changed, updating the target display area based on the change information of the position information; or the like, or, alternatively,

if the electronic equipment is detected to run the target process, updating the target display area at least based on the attribute information of the target process; or the like, or, alternatively,

and if the change of the input part information of the electronic equipment is detected, updating the target display area based on the change information of the input part information.

Optionally, wherein the updating the target display area based on the change information of the content source information includes:

if the change information represents that the content source input to the electronic equipment is switched from a first content source to a second content source, updating a first display area into the target display area, wherein the first display area is an output area of the second content source; or the like, or, alternatively,

if the change information represents that the content source input to the electronic equipment at least increases/decreases a third content source, updating the target display area to an area including/removing a second display area, wherein the second display area is an output area of the third content source; or the like, or, alternatively,

if the variation information indicates that the resolution of a fourth content source input to the electronic device is adjusted from the first resolution to a second resolution, adjusting the target display area based on at least the second resolution.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a control device, including:

the electronic equipment comprises an acquisition module, a display module and a display module, wherein the acquisition module is configured to acquire a selection instruction of a display area for responding to preset input, and the display area is a split screen area of the electronic equipment in a split screen mode;

a determination module configured to determine a selected target display area;

the control module is configured to control at least the target display area to output the content to be displayed generated by the preset input acting on the electronic equipment.

An embodiment of the present application further provides an electronic device, including a memory and a processor, where the memory stores an executable program, and the processor executes the executable program to implement the following steps:

determining a selected target display area;

An embodiment of the present application further provides a storage medium storing a computer program, where the computer program is executed by a processor to implement the steps of the control method described above.

According to the control method, the selection instruction capable of representing the selection of the user in the plurality of display areas can be obtained when the electronic equipment is in the split screen mode, so that the operation of the user can be responded by effectively utilizing one or more display areas, the display of the plurality of display areas is controlled in a more flexible mode, more corresponding functions are provided for the user, and the whole display screen is effectively utilized.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a control method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a connection structure between a display controller of an electronic device and another device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a block diagram of a control device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

Various aspects and features of the present application are described herein with reference to the drawings.

It will be understood that various modifications may be made to the embodiments of the present application. Accordingly, the foregoing description should not be construed as limiting, but merely as exemplifications of embodiments. Those skilled in the art will envision other modifications within the scope and spirit of the application.

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate embodiments of the application and, together with a general description of the application given above and the detailed description of the embodiments given below, serve to explain the principles of the application.

These and other characteristics of the present application will become apparent from the following description of preferred forms of embodiment, given as non-limiting examples, with reference to the attached drawings.

It is also to be understood that although the present application has been described with reference to some specific examples, those skilled in the art are able to ascertain many other equivalents to the practice of the present application.

The above and other aspects, features and advantages of the present application will become more apparent in view of the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Specific embodiments of the present application are described hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings; however, it is to be understood that the disclosed embodiments are merely exemplary of the application, which can be embodied in various forms. Well-known and/or repeated functions and constructions are not described in detail to avoid obscuring the application of unnecessary or unnecessary detail. Therefore, specific structural and functional details disclosed herein are not to be interpreted as limiting, but merely as a basis for the claims and as a representative basis for teaching one skilled in the art to variously employ the present application in virtually any appropriately detailed structure.

The specification may use the phrases "in one embodiment," "in another embodiment," "in yet another embodiment," or "in other embodiments," which may each refer to one or more of the same or different embodiments in accordance with the application.

In a first embodiment, an embodiment of the present application provides a control method, which can be applied to an electronic device, in particular, an electronic device with a touch screen, where the electronic device has a split screen mode and can perform split screen display, and the method can control a plurality of display areas according to a user operation on the electronic device, in particular, according to an identification result of the operation during the split screen process of the electronic device, so as to flexibly control the plurality of display areas and meet different needs of the user.

Fig. 1 is a flowchart of a control method according to an embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 1, the control method includes the following steps:

s100, a selection instruction for responding to a preset input display area is obtained, wherein the display area is a split screen area of the electronic equipment in a split screen mode.

The electronic equipment can enter a split screen mode, in the split screen mode, a display screen of the electronic equipment can be divided into a plurality of split screen areas, each split screen area can display, and each split screen area corresponds to the display area.

The display area is capable of displaying corresponding content in response to a preset input. Specifically, the display area may respond to a preset input to form a selection instruction, or certainly, the selection instruction may be formed according to other input content, and after the electronic device obtains the selection instruction, the electronic device may display corresponding display content.

In one embodiment, different ones of the display regions can be separately controlled, such as to display the same content, or to display different content, or to display portions of the same content, respectively, and so forth.

The selection instruction may characterize the user's manipulation of the objects in the particular plurality of display regions, and the selection instruction may be generated based on a variety of ways. For example, the instruction directly input by the user is a selection instruction, or is generated according to an operation action of the user on the display area.

In one embodiment, different operation actions for operating the display area correspond to different selection instructions, so that the user's manipulation needs to be analyzed and judged before determining the selection instruction, and if the specific manipulation conforms to the preset operation, the selection instruction for selecting the display area can be determined.

And S200, determining the selected target display area.

The electronic equipment determines a target display area selected by the user from the plurality of display areas according to the selection instruction. For example, in the split screen mode, the electronic device may be divided into two display regions, a first display region and a second display region. The electronic device may select one of the first display region and the second display region to display according to the selection instruction.

Specifically, since the selection instruction can represent the display area pointed by the user, if the user needs to select the first display area to display specific content, the electronic device may analyze the content of the selection instruction and determine the display area pointed by the selection instruction, so as to determine the display area as the target display area.

S300, at least controlling the target display area to output the content to be displayed generated by the preset input acting on the electronic equipment.

The target display area, which is continuously operated by the user and responds based on a preset input by the user, may be displayed. If the target display area is a touch screen capable of receiving a touch instruction, the preset input may be a touch input operation, and the electronic device controls the target display area to perform corresponding display according to the touch input operation of the user, that is, display content with display corresponding to the preset input.

For other display areas than the target display area. On one hand, no display action can be done, such as being in a standby state, thereby saving system resources. On the other hand, the same display contents as those of the target display region may be displayed. That is, the electronic device controls the other display area to be displayed along with the display of the target display area. The effect of multiple displays is formed, thereby emphasizing the content to be displayed. In yet another aspect, the electronic device may also control the other display regions to display other content not used for display by the target display region. For example, the first display content is sent to the target display area and the second display content is sent to other display areas through different input lines.

Furthermore, in one embodiment, if the user wants to switch the target display area, such as switching from the first display area to the second display area, a corresponding switching instruction may also be generated by operation, thereby achieving switching of the target display area.

In an embodiment of the application, the obtaining of the selection instruction of the display area for responding to the preset input includes:

Specifically, in the first aspect, the description information is used to describe the relevant information of the display area, for example, the first display area is described as an area with higher priority, and the first display area may be first determined as the target display area when selecting. And the second display area is described as an area of lower priority, the second display area may not be first determined as a target area when selected. Furthermore, the data form of the description information can be various types, such as voice description, text description and/or gesture description. For example, when the user needs to use only the target display area of the electronic device, the user needs to express a desire to select the target display area through voice and/or text input, i.e., related information describing the display area. The electronic device acquires the description information through its own or an auxiliary acquisition device, and may directly use the description information as a selection instruction, or may generate a corresponding selection instruction based on the description information.

In the second aspect, the operation information is information for operating the display area, such as a user operating the display area with a finger. In one embodiment, a specific area in the display area may be operated, for example, the specific area is located at the edge of the display area, or an area composed of the edges of a plurality of adjacent display areas. The operation body can generate corresponding operation information by performing touch control, keyboard and mouse control, gesture operation and the like on the specific area. If the finger of the user is the operation body, the finger performs sliding operation on the upper edge area in the display screen of the electronic device, the sliding operation meets a preset condition and is used for indicating selection of the target display area, and the electronic device obtains the operation information which can be used as a selection instruction.

In a third aspect, the target object may comprise other devices than an electronic device, such as a peripheral device, a content source input device, a content source sharing or output device, an operator, and the like. The electronic equipment and the target object have corresponding position relation. For example, the electronic device is located behind the input device, and the electronic device is located under the operation body (e.g., the user's finger). The above-mentioned positional relationship may be a positional relationship between the electronic device and the device such as the operation body, which is adjusted by the user as necessary for selection, so that the electronic device can generate the selection command based on the positional relationship after acquiring the positional relationship.

In a fourth aspect, the electronic device may further monitor whether a first preset event occurs, where the first preset event is a preset event that may affect the operation of the electronic device, and particularly an event that affects the display function of each display area, such as a damage of a display screen portion of the electronic device, a significant change of power information of the electronic device, and the electronic device may generate a corresponding selection instruction after monitoring the first preset event. So that the associated display area can be controlled in a timely manner.

In one embodiment of the present application, the determining the selected target display area includes:

and determining the target display area based on the first preset event.

Specifically, in the first aspect, the area identification information is identification information of each display area, for example, when the electronic device is in a split screen mode, two display areas opposite to each other on the left and right may be formed, and the area identification information identifies the display area on the left side as the first display area and the display area on the right side as the second display area. And the region identification information may identify the first display region as having a higher priority than the second display region. This allows the electronic device to determine the first display region as the target display region based on the region identification information.

The area position information is information indicating a relative positional relationship of the plurality of display areas, and if the plurality of display areas are arranged in an up-down manner, the electronic device may determine the display area located on the upper side of the electronic device as the target display area according to the area position information.

In a second aspect, the electronic device may also determine the target display area based at least on the operational information. The operation information may represent the operation of the user on the display screen, including an operation position, an operation track, an operation trend and/or an operation parameter. For example, when the user performs a slide operation on the display screen with a finger (operation body) and the operation trajectory thereof is a slide from one display region to another, the display region indicated by the slide direction may be determined as the target display region. For another example, when the operation position representation operation body operates in a specific area of the display area, the electronic device may determine the display area corresponding to the specific area as the target display area. For example, the operation parameter may be a time length, a frequency, a force, and the like of the operation body operating the display area, when the operation parameter satisfies a certain condition, the corresponding display area may be determined as the target display area, and if the operation body performs a double-click operation on the first display area, the first display area may be determined as the target display area.

In a specific embodiment, the determining the selected target display area includes:

acquiring an operation action of an operation body for operating the electronic equipment on the display area;

and determining the target display area based on the operation action when the operation action belongs to a first condition, wherein the first condition comprises a condition of inputting position information representing the relative position relation of the operation body and the display area and a condition of a motion track and/or a motion trend of the operation body on the display area.

Wherein the condition of the motion trail and/or motion trend of the operation body on the display area comprises:

sliding the operation body from one display area to another display area within a specific range; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

within the specific range, the operation body operates the display area based on a specific operation gesture, wherein the specific operation gesture comprises that a plurality of operation bodies perform touch control simultaneously.

In a third aspect, the position relationship is a position relationship between the electronic device and the target object, such as the electronic device being located behind the input device, the electronic device being located below the operation body, and the like, and the electronic device may determine the target display area based on the position relationship. For example, when the operating body moves to the upper part of the electronic device and moves to a specific area above the first display area (such as the upper left corner of the first display area), the first display area can be determined as the target display area.

In a fourth aspect, the electronic device may further determine the target display area based on the first preset event. The first preset event is a preset event which can affect the operation of the electronic device, in particular an event which affects the display function of each display area, such as an event that a display screen of the electronic device is partially damaged, and the power information of the electronic device is significantly changed.

For example, if a partial area of the display screen is damaged, the electronic device may determine other undamaged areas as the target display area, thereby avoiding missing display content. When the electric quantity of the electronic equipment is low, the display area with the smaller display area can be selected as the target display area.

In an embodiment of the application, the controlling at least the target display area to output the content to be displayed, which is generated by a preset input acting on the electronic device, includes:

Specifically, referring to fig. 2, each display area in the electronic device has a corresponding signal path, and after the display area is determined to be a target display area, a display controller (scalar) of the electronic device may turn on the signal path corresponding to the target display area. Thereby enabling a display signal to be transmitted to the target display area through the conducted signal path, thereby displaying the content to be displayed. The content to be displayed may include input identifiers (e.g., cursor, input symbol), input positions, input content, input object identifiers, response data, and the like. Thereby satisfying various demands of users.

In addition, when the display screen is a touch screen, after the signal path corresponding to the target display area is conducted, the user may also perform an input operation on the target display area, that is, the target display area responds to the input operation of the user, for example, responds to the touch input operation, and displays the corresponding content to be displayed.

Of course, the display controller may control the signal paths corresponding to all the display regions, and turn on and/or turn off the corresponding signal paths according to the selection instruction, thereby implementing display control on each display region.

In a specific embodiment, with reference to fig. 2, conducting, by using a display controller of an electronic device, a signal path corresponding to the target display area, so that the target display area can respond to the preset input and output corresponding to-be-displayed content, includes:

determining a signal path for controlling the target display area;

turning on the signal path;

and sending the content to be displayed to the target display area for output through the conducted signal path.

Wherein said turning on said signal path comprises:

and switching a control switch for controlling the signal path from a first state to a second state so as to enable the determined signal path to be switched from an off state to an on state, wherein the control switch can be used for conducting one of the signal paths.

In an embodiment of the present application, wherein the method further comprises the steps of:

Specifically, in one embodiment, the input component includes components that are present on the electronic device itself, as well as external components that are used to assist the electronic device, such as a camera, microphone, keyboard, mouse, interface, etc. associated with the electronic device. The input unit information may be information related to the input unit, and may indicate information such as the type, function, and number of the input unit. For example, for a camera, the corresponding input component information includes parameters such as resolution, pixels, wide angle, and focus of the camera. In this embodiment, a corresponding target input unit may be configured for the target display area based on at least the input unit information. If the electronic device has a plurality of associated cameras, when a user uses the target display area of the electronic device for display, the plurality of cameras need to be redistributed, the use of the target display area needs to be ensured, and the use of other display areas also needs to be considered. This can be based on the resolution, pixels, wide angle, focus, etc. of the camera. To configure one or more associated cameras for the target display area. For example, one or more cameras with high resolution and high pixels are allocated to the target display area, thereby providing a higher-performance hardware support for the user. And one or more cameras with low resolution and low pixels are distributed for other display areas, so that the purpose of reasonably distributing input components is achieved.

In another embodiment, the operation information of the electronic device includes status information of the electronic device, operation mode information, operation parameters such as duration, and the like. In this embodiment, a corresponding target input unit may be configured for the target display area based on the input unit information and the operation information. For example, when the operation mode information of the electronic device indicates that the current electronic device is in a situation of consuming a large amount of system resources, a target input component with higher performance may be selected according to the input component information and allocated to the target display area, so as to meet the high standard requirement of the user. For another example, when the state information of the electronic device indicates that the electronic device is in the standby state, a target input component with lower performance may be selected according to the input component information and allocated to the target display area, so as to avoid waste of system resources.

In particular, a content source is a source of display content of an electronic device, different content source inputs may be input based on different communication lines, and a particular content source input may be controlled by a content source switch (a switch in a main chip of the electronic device). For example, in the case of a tablet computer (electronic device), the interface includes a USB input interface and a DP input interface, which are both used by a content source to input video, and the different interfaces have respective communication lines. The electronic device may control the USB protocol-based communication line to perform the first content source input and control the DP protocol-based communication line to perform the second content source input. One of the at least two content sources may be a target content source corresponding to a target display area that can be determined based on display identification information in the target content source. The display identification information is used for identifying relevant information of the corresponding content source, such as a name and a corresponding display area identification number, and a target display area can be determined according to the indication effect of the display identification information and/or a target content source corresponding to the target display area.

After the target display area and the corresponding target content source are determined, the target display area can be controlled to display the target content corresponding to the target content source. For example, in the process of first inputting by the target content source, when the video transmission line with the DP protocol-based communication line as the target content source is determined, the display identification information corresponding to the target content source indicates that the first display area is the target display area. The electronic device is thereby able to control the transmission of the video signal to the target display area over the communication line based on the DP protocol to cause the target display area to display the target content.

In addition, in an embodiment, the target content source may also be other types of data, such as operation data related to operating the electronic device, where the operation data includes data of operating the electronic device itself and operation result data, where the data of operating the electronic device itself includes an operation identifier, an operation position, an operation action, and the like, and the electronic device controls the target display area to output the operation data of the target content source so as to be known by the user.

In another embodiment, the target content source corresponding to the target display area may also be switched, for example, the user needs to switch the target content source from the first content source corresponding to the DP protocol communication line to the second content source corresponding to the USB protocol communication line. After the electronic equipment acquires the display identification information corresponding to each content source, the target display area is determined based on the display identification information, and then the target content source can be switched. Such as switching the target content source from a first content source to a second content source, a signal is sent for the target display area.

In one embodiment of the present application, the method further comprises the steps of: and updating the target display area in response to a second preset event, wherein the second preset event at least relates to the use information of the electronic equipment.

Specifically, the usage information of the electronic device may include information such as a usage object, a usage manner, a usage time period, and the like, in which the electronic device is used. The different usage information has respective corresponding target display areas. For example, if the user a originally uses the electronic device, the target display area is the left portion of the display screen of the electronic device, and if the user B uses the electronic device, it is a second preset event (the usage object changes), and in response to the second preset event, the electronic device may update the target display area according to the usage preference of the user B, and determine the right portion of the display screen as the target display area.

For another example, the usage mode of the electronic device used by the user is changed from lying down to standing upright, so as to trigger a second preset event, and the electronic device responds to the second preset event to update the target display area in the display screen. In order to accommodate the updated usage pattern.

In addition, after the use duration of the electronic device changes, for example, after the time for continuously using the electronic device exceeds a threshold, the target display area may also be updated, for example, the display area with eyesight protection is determined as the target display area, so as to be suitable for the current use state of the user.

Further, in an embodiment of the present application, wherein the updating the target display area in response to the second preset event includes the following steps:

Specifically, the change information of the content source information can reflect the change situation of the content source, and the electronic device in this embodiment can update the target display area according to the change information. Thereby adapting to the display requirements after the content source information changes.

In the first aspect, the user may directly switch the target display area among the plurality of display areas, and may specifically issue a specific switching operation to the electronic device, where the switching operation may be used to guide the switching target of the user, for example, the switching operation may be sliding of a finger from the first display area to the second display area, thereby indicating that the second display area may be determined as the target display area. After acquiring the switching operation, the electronic device can update the display area (the second display area in the above example) on which the switching operation acts to the target display area based on the specific operation content of the switching operation. Of course, in the updating process, the display parameters of the target display area may also be updated as needed, for example, the display parameters of the target display area are adjusted, including adjusting the display parameters of the target display area, such as size, brightness, color temperature contrast, and/or resolution.

In a second aspect, the content source information is related to the content source displayed by the electronic device, and includes related information of a signal path, related information of a signal itself, related information of a displayed content itself, and the like. During the process of displaying the content of the content source, the content source information may change, such as the signal path for transmitting the display signal changes from the first path to the second path; signal the intensity of the application changes; the length of the displayed content is increased, etc. In this embodiment, the electronic device detects that the content source information input to the electronic device changes, and may update the target display area based on the change information of the content source information, so that the updated target display area is suitable for the changed content source. Of course, in the updating process, the display parameters of the target display area may also be updated as needed.

In a third aspect, the electronic device in this embodiment has a corresponding target object, and the target object may be the electronic device itself or an associated object, such as a peripheral, an operation body, and the like of the electronic device.

The position relationship is a position relationship between the electronic device and the target object, such as the electronic device is located behind the input device, the electronic device is located below the operation body, and the like. The electronic device may update the target display area based on the change in the positional relationship. For example, when the operating body moves from the side direction of the electronic device to the upper side of the electronic device and moves to a specific area above the first display area (e.g., the upper left corner of the first display area), the electronic device detects that the positional relationship has changed, and the target display area may be updated based on the change information of the positional information.

In a fourth aspect, the target process is a process associated with the target display area, and the change in the target process can cause a change in the target display area itself or the associated display area. For example, the target process is a process of changing the area of the target display region, or a process of expanding or adding an auxiliary region associated with the target display region. When the electronic equipment detects that the target process runs, updating the target display area at least based on the attribute information of the target process, specifically updating the related function indicated by the target process.

In the following, with reference to the second aspect, a step of updating a target display area, where the updating the target display area based on the change information of the content source information includes the following steps:

In the first aspect, the electronic device may correspond to a plurality of content sources, such as a first content source of a DP signal and a second content source of a USB signal, and when the content source input to the electronic device is switched from the first content source to the second content source, an output area of the second content source is the first display area. The switching operation may trigger an update to the target display area. The electronic device may update the first display area to the target display area, that is, the DP signal may be an input signal of the target display area.

In a second aspect, the number of content sources of the electronic device may be increased or decreased, for example, the content sources of the electronic device originally included a first content source and a second content source. The user needs to add a third content source according to the needs of the user, and if the third content source is a content source formed after the new device outputs, the output area of the third content source is the second display area. The electronic device takes the third content source as a target content source of the target display area. And after detecting the event of adding the third content source, the electronic device takes a second display area corresponding to the third content source as a target display area, or takes the second display area as a part of the target display area.

As another example, if the content source of the electronic device originally included a first content source, a second content source, and a third content source. The user removes the third content source, whose output area is the second display area, as desired. And the electronic equipment updates the target display area. And removing the second display area contained in the target display area.

In a third aspect, the variation information of the content source information can reflect variation of the content source, and if the variation information indicates that the resolution of a fourth content source input to the electronic device is adjusted from the first resolution to the second resolution, the electronic device may adjust the target display area based on at least the second resolution. In particular, the resolution of the display of the target display area may be adjusted to the second resolution, while the resolution of the other display areas may still use the first resolution. Therefore, the display of the target display area is matched with the signal of the fourth content source, and the display effect of the target display area is improved.

In a second embodiment, an embodiment of the present application further provides a control device, as shown in fig. 3, including:

the display device comprises an acquisition module and a display module, wherein the acquisition module is configured to acquire a selection instruction of a display area for responding to preset input, and the display area is a split screen area of the electronic device in a split screen mode.

Specifically, the electronic device can enter a split screen mode, in the split screen mode, a display screen of the electronic device can be divided into a plurality of split screen areas, each split screen area can display, and each split screen area corresponds to the display area.

The display area is capable of displaying corresponding content in response to a preset input. Specifically, the display area may respond to a preset input to form a selection instruction, or certainly, the selection instruction may be formed according to other input content, and after the acquisition module acquires the selection instruction, the electronic device may display corresponding display content.

The selection instruction may characterize a user's manipulation object for a particular display region, and the selection instruction may be generated based on a variety of ways. For example, the instruction directly input by the user is a selection instruction, or is generated according to an operation action of the user on the display area.

In one embodiment, different operation actions for operating the display area correspond to different selection instructions, so that before the selection instruction is determined, the acquisition module needs to analyze and judge the operation of the user, and if the specific operation conforms to the preset operation, the selection instruction for selecting the display area can be determined.

A determination module configured to determine a selected target display area.

Specifically, the determining module determines a target display area selected by the user from the plurality of display areas according to the selection instruction. For example, in the split screen mode, the electronic device may be divided into two display regions, a first display region and a second display region. The determination module may select one of the first display region and the second display region to be displayed according to the selection instruction.

Because the selection instruction can represent the display area pointed by the user, if the user needs to select the first display area to display specific content, the determination module can analyze the content of the selection instruction and judge the display area pointed by the selection instruction so as to determine the display area as a target display area.

Specifically, the target display area may be continuously operated by the user, and the target display area responds based on a preset input by the user. If the target display area is a touch screen capable of receiving a touch instruction, the preset input may be a touch input operation, and the electronic device controls the target display area to perform corresponding display according to the touch input operation of the user, that is, display content with display corresponding to the preset input.

In one embodiment of the present application, the obtaining module is further configured to:

In one embodiment of the present application, the determination module is further configured to:

and determining the target display area based on the first preset event.

In one embodiment of the present application, the control module is further configured to:

In a third embodiment, with reference to fig. 2, an embodiment of the present application further provides an electronic device, including a display controller (Scalar),

the display controller is connected with a display screen of the electronic equipment, and a selection instruction for responding to a preset input display area is obtained through the display screen, wherein the display area is a split screen area of the electronic equipment in a split screen mode;

the display controller is further connected with a main chip of the electronic equipment, acquires a selection instruction from the main chip and/or the display screen, determines a selected target display area based on the selection instruction, and at least controls the target display area to output a content to be displayed generated by a preset input acting on the electronic equipment.

determining a selected target display area;

In one embodiment of the application, the processor executes the executable program, and further implements the following steps:

and determining the target display area based on the first preset event.

It should be noted that the storage media described above in this application can be computer readable signal media or computer readable storage media or any combination of the two. A computer readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any combination of the foregoing. More specific examples of the computer readable storage medium may include, but are not limited to: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. In the present application, a computer readable storage medium may be any tangible medium that can contain, or store a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. In this application, however, a computer readable signal medium may include a propagated data signal with computer readable program code embodied therein, for example, in baseband or as part of a carrier wave. Such a propagated data signal may take many forms, including, but not limited to, electro-magnetic, optical, or any suitable combination thereof. A computer readable signal medium may also be any storage medium that can communicate, propagate, or transport a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. Program code embodied on a storage medium may be transmitted using any appropriate medium, including but not limited to: electrical wires, optical cables, RF (radio frequency), etc., or any suitable combination of the foregoing.

The above embodiments are only exemplary embodiments of the present application, and are not intended to limit the present application, and the protection scope of the present application is defined by the claims. Various modifications and equivalents may be made by those skilled in the art within the spirit and scope of the present application and such modifications and equivalents should also be considered to be within the scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A control method, comprising:

determining a selected target display area;

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining of the selection instruction of the display area for responding to the preset input comprises:

3. The method of claim 2, the determining a selected target display area, comprising:

and determining the target display area based on the first preset event.

4. The method of claim 1, the controlling at least the target display area to output content to be displayed resulting from preset inputs acting on the electronic device, comprising:

5. The method of any of claims 1 to 4, further comprising:

6. The method of claim 1, the controlling at least the target display area to output content to be displayed resulting from preset inputs acting on the electronic device, comprising:

7. The method of any of claims 1-4, 6, further comprising:

8. The method of claim 7, wherein updating the target display area in response to a second preset event comprises:

9. The method of claim 8, wherein updating the target display area based on the change information of the content source information comprises:

10. A control device, comprising:

a determination module configured to determine a selected target display area;